Old guy in the locker room at the gym: “I’ve been on Park Point for 80 years.”

That’s a lot of seasons surrounded by water. He had encyclopedic knowledge of Great Lakes shipping. I learned that the Soo Locks are closed to salties for the winter, and that twenty-two ships are still waiting to come to the western terminus (and leave again) before the season closes.

Very sharp guy.

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On another bench, another old guy, just as sharp, was becoming suddenly reacquainted, after 50 years, with two of his hockey players from his time as coach of East.